New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital Storytelling

The paper discusses the issue of introduction of new educational technologies as a tool for developing students’ communicative competence in foreign language learning. The study is aimed at analyzing the impact of digital story creation in a foreign language on the development of students’ foreign l...

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Published: Ural State Pedagogical University 2021-10-01
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description The paper discusses the issue of introduction of new educational technologies as a tool for developing students’ communicative competence in foreign language learning. The study is aimed at analyzing the impact of digital story creation in a foreign language on the development of students’ foreign language communicative competence, their motivation to learn a foreign language and their adaptation to academic environment. Review of literature on readiness of modern higher education to wide implementation of e-learning components is given; reasons preventing their introduction into teaching of foreign languages are described. Analysis of implementing digital storytelling in a foreign language teaching is presented. The impact of the first-year students’ participation in creation of digital stories on their language learning motivation and adaptation to university environment is considered. The data, collected from surveys and digital stories, created by students and assessed by university teaching staff, were analyzed. The results prove a positive impact of digital storytelling educational technology on students’ motivation in foreign language learning, as well as on the process of first-year students’ adaptation to academic environment. The results also demonstrate that creation of digital stories contributes to formation and development of variety of learners competences, including foreign language communicative competence and helps improve students’ soft skills. The contribution of each author in this research is the following: E. Makarova – 50% (theoretical background of the problem and approbation), I. Pirozhkova – 50% (methodology, approbation and results analysis).
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spelling doaj.art-099b293aaf8044e3a5bb6242a322deaa2023-05-31T04:44:22ZrusUral State Pedagogical UniversityФилологический класс2071-24052658-52352021-10-01323124210.51762/1FK-2021-26-03-20New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital StorytellingThe paper discusses the issue of introduction of new educational technologies as a tool for developing students’ communicative competence in foreign language learning. The study is aimed at analyzing the impact of digital story creation in a foreign language on the development of students’ foreign language communicative competence, their motivation to learn a foreign language and their adaptation to academic environment. Review of literature on readiness of modern higher education to wide implementation of e-learning components is given; reasons preventing their introduction into teaching of foreign languages are described. Analysis of implementing digital storytelling in a foreign language teaching is presented. The impact of the first-year students’ participation in creation of digital stories on their language learning motivation and adaptation to university environment is considered. The data, collected from surveys and digital stories, created by students and assessed by university teaching staff, were analyzed. The results prove a positive impact of digital storytelling educational technology on students’ motivation in foreign language learning, as well as on the process of first-year students’ adaptation to academic environment. The results also demonstrate that creation of digital stories contributes to formation and development of variety of learners competences, including foreign language communicative competence and helps improve students’ soft skills. The contribution of each author in this research is the following: E. Makarova – 50% (theoretical background of the problem and approbation), I. Pirozhkova – 50% (methodology, approbation and results analysis).https://filclass.ru/en/archive/2021/vol-26-3/novye-tekhnologii-kak-sredstvo-razvitiya-inoyazychnoj-kommunikativnoj-kompetentsii-studentov-neyazykovykh-vuzov-tsifrovoj-rasskazinnovative educational technologiesforeign language teachingmodern technologies in educationhigher educationdigital storytellingstudents majoring in information technology.
spellingShingle New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital Storytelling
Филологический класс
innovative educational technologies
foreign language teaching
modern technologies in education
higher education
digital storytelling
students majoring in information technology.
title New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital Storytelling
title_full New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital Storytelling
title_fullStr New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital Storytelling
title_full_unstemmed New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital Storytelling
title_short New Educational Technologies to Develop Foreign Language Communicative Competence of Non-Linguistic Students: Digital Storytelling
title_sort new educational technologies to develop foreign language communicative competence of non linguistic students digital storytelling
topic innovative educational technologies
foreign language teaching
modern technologies in education
higher education
digital storytelling
students majoring in information technology.
url https://filclass.ru/en/archive/2021/vol-26-3/novye-tekhnologii-kak-sredstvo-razvitiya-inoyazychnoj-kommunikativnoj-kompetentsii-studentov-neyazykovykh-vuzov-tsifrovoj-rasskaz